BIOCHEMISTRY (C)

LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

To know the anabolic and catabolic pathway of glycogen and lipid matabolism in different tissues. To know the main points of metabolic regulation, in physiological and pathological conditions.

PREREQUISITES

To be eligible to take the examination of Biochemistry and Systematic Human Dynamics at the end of the second year of the course, students must have passed the examinations:
1) Introductory Biochemistry and Chemistry
2) Histology

ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

Written and oral examination

TEACHING METHODS

class lessons

COURSE CONTENTS

Vitamins: nutritional aspects, structure, mechanism of action. Vitamin A and the mechanism light perception. Coordinated actions of vitamin D and parathyroid hormone in the regulation of serum calcium. Vitamin K: role in the maturation of clotting factors. Blood coagulation: molecular events of the intrinsic, extrinsic and common pathway. Mechanisms of clot dissolution.